The Georgia Supreme Court recently ruled in Condra v. Atlanta Orthopaedic Group on an interesting issue in medical malpractice cases: can the standard-of-care medical expert be subject to cross-examination about what the expert would have done if the doctor had treated the patient? (If you are not interested in the…
After putting my kids to bed last night, I looked at Gregg Easterbrook’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback before going to bed. Easterbrook writes on a lot of different topics such as human happiness (an interesting-sounding book I’ve never read), global warming, science, space, theology, and so forth. So his column during…
Note: This is an older post that was updated in October 2019 The Maryland Court of Appeals decided Abrishamian v. Barbely, a pedestrian accident appeal from Montgomery County after a jury awarded only half of the client’s special damages (medical bills and lost wages) and gave $0.00 for pain…
In response to a call from one doctor for medical malpractice reform in Montana, Thomas C. Bulma, a Missoula lawyer, points out the following facts: Only one Montana dentist has been the subject of a lawsuit in Montana in the past 10 years. The dentist prevailed. Only one podiatrist was…
The new popular wisdom that gained currency last year is that doctors who apologize for their mistakes are less likely to face a medical malpractice lawsuit than doctors who refuse to come clean. This supports what medical malpractice lawyers have long claimed: patients are often most angered by concealment of…
I had a great morning. I arrived excited and ready to attack the day. This was the email in my in-box: name: George Hossfeld email: EmrgncyMD@[withheld] phone: ___________________ Interested In: You obviously do not have a clue re the mind of a doctor. We are ethical, moral and exist to help…
On Friday, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals reversed a $3 million jury verdict in Cecil County v. Dorman. That statement over-magnifies the ruling. The jury verdict of $3 million is misleading because Maryland’s Local Government Tort Claim Act limited the actual verdict to $200,000. But the legal issues presented…
There is a split of opinion among personal injury lawyers whether plaintiffs should propound interrogatories before or after taking depositions, particularly in a case where there is a significant dispute as to liability. When looking at this question, it is important to acknowledge that defense lawyers in personal injury cases…
Nice Stock Photo of a Mediation One of the most important things to do to prepare for mediation is to get the client ready for mediation. If you are prepping a client for mediation in a personal injury case, don’t forget to prepare the client for what may come in…
Five years ago, I had never heard of Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance. Now, I’m seeing more and more Ameriprise claims that involve an Ameriprise insured defendant. Ameriprise does not have a lot of market share in Maryland. But the Ameriprise website claims it is one of the fastest-growing insurance…